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    The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

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    Four questions Indians must ask about Operation Sindoor

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    Madhya Pradesh HC orders FIR against BJP leader for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

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    Fiction: Should Kosuke sell his father’s shrine or should he take over and continue his legacy?

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    ‘By tearing off the skin with your teeth’: The right way to eat mangoes according to Victorian women

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    Why US court’s fine on Israeli firm operating Pegasus is an indictment of the Indian Supreme Court

  • Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
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    Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi

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    India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

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    Why workers at an Adani power plant who gave up land for jobs went on a hunger strike

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    The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes: A readers’ guide to the seven winning books

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Watch: Oldest bookshop in Gaza Strip reopens nine months after being destroyed by Israeli airstrike

The new Samir Mansour bookshop was funded by an international donor campaign. The bookshop is spread across two floors with around 4,00,000 books.

Scroll Staff
Feb 28, 2022 · 12:32 pm
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Great to see these school girls in Samir's Gaza bookshop (with balloons!). Next stop is the bookshop for our Afghan Gitmo client Asad Haroon... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/jL7vvDGTVO

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022

Inspiring: video of all the books YOU generously gave to resuscitate Samir's Gaza Bookshop/Library after it was bombed... @3DC_org @MissMRukhsana pic.twitter.com/TFnquNjRJ2

— Clive Stafford Smith (@CliveSSmith) February 21, 2022
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